★★★ | A visual feast that will entertain sci-fi fans, but far too short and superficial to separate itself from the other adaptations of the same material.

★★★★ | The Rip is a great thriller that comes out at the absolute wrong time for a movie of this genre.

★★★★ | An initially frustrating puzzle-action-hybrid that quickly reveals itself as a revelatory meditation on perseverance, Forestrike is an odd anomaly worth experiencing.

★★★★★ | Unexpectedly heartwarming, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a tremendous return to Westeros bound to please both old and new fans.

★★★★ | Immaculately restored, warts and all, Tomba! 2 is a wonderful throwback to a simpler era of platforming greatness.

★★★★★ | Deeply satisfying and concluding with one of the best endings imaginable, A Thousand Blows is a knockout.

★ | While the foundation is solid, Primate is a poorly written and unimaginative addition to a genre that has so much more to give.

OVERVIEW Rosemead is a 97-minute family thriller-drama, the feature debut of cinematographer-turned-filmmaker Eric Lin, based on a real-life story. Lucy Liu plays Irene, a Chinese immigrant and widower who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, while her teenage son Joe (Lawrence Shou), living with mental illness, drifts deeper into unsettling obsessions. As her health deteriorates, Irene is forced into impossible choices, trying to protect him before it is too late. It is a tragic, often tense story about a mother running out of time, doing everything she can out of love for her son.

★★ | Undeniably well-made, The Pitt is nonetheless gaudy and shallowly written melodrama.

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